SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER 2006

2nd Live performance at the Beatles Day in Mons (Belgium)
Recording and filming: 'Getting closer'
Recording: 'Yer blues'
Recording: 'You never give me your money'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'

Waux Hall, Mons, Belgium - afternoon - P: the people in charge of the PA system. - Present: Dude, Marco, Jean, Coco, Ozzy, Olivier, Watching Wheels, Filou, Mathilde, Claude Nine, and a whole lot of people....

For my return to the Beatles Day I wanted to do something different than the acoustic set I did last years. So I managed to get Stef and Boz to accept to reform the Power Trio and come with me to blast away 4 wild songs: 'Getting closer', 'Yer blues', 'You never give me your money', and 'Maybe I'm amazed'. To my great pleasure, the choice of the stelist was a incredible success: a countless number of people came to me to say they have been delighted to hear 'Getting closer' live. To me, it was only the realisation of a dream. I feel fucking lucky that what I wanted as a dream as been so well recieved by the audience. Sometimes I'm blessed.





Thanks to Marco, Juan Jose Alva, Jean-Claude Hocquet, and the amazing Mathilde for the photographs.

FRIDAY 20th OCTOBER 2006

Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 37
Recording: 'Drum duet'
Recording: 'Getting closer'
Recording: 'Yer blues'
Recording: 'You never give me your money'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'
France 3 basement - 21:30-23:30 - P: Dude. - Present: Dude, Stef, Boz, Gringo.

Fourth rehearsal for the concert. My voice is back, and the music is not astounding, but it was a necessary rehearsal. Gringo was here, and before Stef arrived Gregg and I improvised a crazy drum duet. All of the rehearsal has been recorded.

SUNDAY 15th OCTOBER 2006

Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 36
Recording: 'Getting closer'
Recording: 'Yer blues'
Recording: 'You never give me your money'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'
Horse Motel, Room B - 19:30-22:00 - P: Dude. Present: Dude, Stef, Boz.

Third rehearsal for the forthcoming Beatles Day 2006 performance. It was the first time I came to rehearse in the new and improved Gattaka playroom. The reahearsal was excellent. Very good overall sound (although my voice still hasn't recover). I tried to play on the Gretsch for a while, but it's lack of high notes prevented me from using it. (It sounded great on 'Yer blues', though). This has been recorded.

WEDNESDAY 11th OCTOBER 2006

Dude's Power Trio rehearsal 35
Recording: 'Getting closer'
Recording: 'Yer blues'
Recording: 'You never give me your money'
Recording: 'Maybe I'm amazed'
France 3 basement - 19:30-22:00 - P: Dude. - Present: Dude, Stef, Boz.

Second rehearsal for the forthcoming Beatles Day 2006 performance. Playing "Getting closer" as a band for the very first time. Too bad I was terribly sick and my throat was completely soundless. I recorded the session anyway.